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ACTS INTERPRETATION (GENDER BALANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2004

House of Assembly—No 65

As laid on the table and read a first time, 24 November 2004

South Australia

Acts Interpretation (Gender Balance) Amendment Bill 2004

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1915.



Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1915

4 Insertion of section 36A

36A Gender balance in nomination of persons for appointment to statutory bodies



The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Acts Interpretation (Gender Balance) Amendment Act 2004.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.


Part 2—Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1915

4—Insertion of section 36A

After section 36 insert:

36A—Gender balance in nomination of persons for appointment to statutory bodies

(1) This section applies if an Act provides for a member of a body to be appointed by the Governor or a Minister on the nomination of a non-government entity.

(2) If the Act provides for the non-government entity to nominate a panel of persons from which the Governor or Minister is to select a person for appointment, the Act will be taken to provide that the panel—

(a) must include at least 1 woman and 1 man; and

(b) must, as far as practicable, be comprised of equal numbers of women and men.

(3) If the Act does not provide for the non-government entity to nominate a panel of persons from which the Governor or Minister is to select a person for appointment, the Act will be taken to provide that—

(a) the non-government entity must nominate a panel of persons comprised of not less than twice the number of members of the body to be appointed on the nomination of the entity plus one; and

(b) the panel—

(i) must include at least 1 woman and 1 man; and

(ii) must, as far as practicable, be comprised of equal numbers of women and men; and

(c) the Governor or Minister must select the person for appointment from the panel.

(4) In this section—

non-government entity means a person or body other than an officer, agency or instrumentality (including a Minister) of the Crown in right of the State or the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth.

 


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